Run, run, as fast as you can.
You can't catch me,
I'm the gingerbread man!
Gingerbread is a big unit in our classroom around Christmas time. No, it's not just a cutesy theme. We study summarizing the beginning, middle, and end of these stories.
It starts by reading aloud each different text. We make a chart writing the Beginning/Middle/End and then someone illustrates it for us. We do probably four or five different charts.
The students get to choose their favorite story. They write their own three BME sentences and then illustrate them.
We do some comparing, too, of course. What did you notice was the same about these stories? Wow, you all seem to have a lot of ideas. Maybe we should write them down to help us remember. Did you notice anything that was different? How was the story changed?
We have some pure play fun with the gingerbread theme, as well. Our favorite new song right now is Jack Hartman's "Gingerbread Man." Boy, is it a catchy tune.
We play with gingerbread playdough. I smells good enough to eat.
And... when there are very few days left in December, we decorate our own REAL gingerbread cookies.
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